Chapter 2
Night in the Woods
Somewhere in a cave
Deep within the dark forest located in northern Eostia where creatures of darkness lurking around, there was a cave where an old and powerful witch lived. The witch's name was Macabra. She wore a dark purple hooded robe which covered most of her appearance save for her face and hands. While she looked like an old woman in her late sixty, her true age betrayed her appearance.
However, Macabra was neither affiliated with Seven Shield Alliance led by the High Elf Goddess incarnate Celestine Lucullus or the Dark Forces led by Dark Elf Queen Olga Discordia back when two major forces were still at each other's throat. No, she simply settled there so that nobody would disturb her peace while watching over this world from time to time.
Having been living for thousands of years, the witch had experienced war and tragedy since she had first set foot on this world. She knew about this world even before of its existence and knew much more than she let on. When the Black Dogs took over, she wasn't too fazed at the news as she had already predicted this, but still saddened by this outcome. She was already suspicious that the Black Dogs would finally show their true colors someday and turn on Celestine and other six Shield Princesses.
But still, she wished such tragedy could have been avoided. But she couldn't have herself meddling in this situation and the age of heroes had ended a long time ago. The last true hero she could ever remember was Izul the knight, who had given his life to the well of souls to stop the infernal invasion of Hell Forces which invaded this land a very long time ago. But after that... either they weren't true heroes or they were just pretenders. Most 'heroes' these days were the nobles who used their titles as proof instead of deeds.
However, today, in this darkest hour, Macabra felt something she hadn't felt in millennia: A pure rage, so strong that she actually felt a bit tense.
She could feel it, the powerful aura crawling deep inside her bones, shaking her to the very core. What made it even stranger was it wasn't her rage... but rather, another being's. An old and powerful being...
'This powerful aura... there was only one individual who could emit such strong and pure rage...'
At that moment, Macabra felt a smirk crawling on her face.
"So... he has come..." She said as she walked off to her chamber. The chamber was full with witchcraft objects such as a wall stone rack full of potions, clay bowls filled with animal bones and skulls, an empty cauldron on firewood, ancient stone scriptures and statues, and a wooden display case full of magic books and artifacts. One of these artifacts was an amulet with an orange gem pendant glowing in pulsating reddish orange like a candle.
"The only flesh and blood to walk between dimensions..." She said before giving a mad cackle. "Between our world and their..."
The witch took the amulet out of its case and stared it for a few seconds before placing it back, letting out another chuckle.
"The Seraphim sure know how to be cruel..." She said as she turned around and walked out of the chamber.
The Doom Slayer was quietly walking through the woods in the night. Despite having been walking for hours since he left Hawkheaven, he didn't feel or show any sign of exhaustion.
He didn't need to rest, for the power given by the Seraphim had left him restless until all demons were dealt with. Frankly, he was also in a hurry, since after finishing this job, he still had to go back to Mars and stop Hayden from doing anything with the Crucible. Then he could go back to Hell and finish his job.
The Marine was currently making his way towards the city of Feoh. Apparently, this city was also the closest one in the so-called 'Sex Empire'. Doom Slayer learned that name and its leader, the self-proclaimed Emperor Volt, after saving a traveling family in their caravan from the bandits affiliated with Black Dogs. Luckily, he made it on time before the daughters of the said family could be harmed and did the job quickly dispatching the bandits, shooting them in heads with his energy pistol.
Just thinking its name disgusted him so much that the Hellwalker let out a growl. To violate a woman was already a crime that he would kill someone for. But an empire dedicated to turning every woman into nothing more than a sex object?
Only Hell that would stoop that low and that was if they even had women to rape there! The thought of all these people who had to suffer this in their daily lives from the Black Dog's tyranny angered him greatly that he wished he'd encounter random monsters or better yet more Black Dog mercenaries just to vent out his anger.
The women were raped...
Their minds were broken...
The suffering of the peasants...
The families that are torn apart...
The Doom Slayer suddenly stopped walking at the last part.
The families...
His family...
He shook that thought out of his head. This was not the time to dwell on the past. He had to focus! For every second passed, more women might get raped or more unarmed civilians might get killed.
However, in the night, the path wasn't very illuminated and his eyes haven't really adjusted to the dark yet. How he wished he had one of the light torches from UAC facility right now...
And also, there were predators of the night such as wolves and bears. Well, they didn't pose much problem as their animal instincts immediately told them to stay away from the Slayer the moment he let out his dangerous aura.
Smart animals...
As the Marine continued walking down the path, he spotted a light shining in the middle of the dark road. From his HUD, he could make out 4 figures.
Three average-sized humanoid figures and one big humanoid figure...
It was obvious that the big one wasn't a human and he doubted if those three were just wandering civilians since he could make out the shape of their armors, shields, and swords. They were more like night patrols.
And thanks to his Praetor Suit helmet's enhanced hearing, he could hear their conversation from a safe distance. Safe as in so they wouldn't notice Doom Slayer who'd rip them to shreds should they act hostile to him.
"Hooooo boy. That chick was very amazing. I came like three times inside her."
"Damn right, wasn't she? And her moans when I licked her pussy."
"Yeah! Too bad, she didn't last that long. We rarely got a fine girl like her."
The Doom Slayer took out the shotgun and made sure it was equipped with the explosive mod before pumping it. Well, there was no doubt that these guys were like the same fuckos he killed before and they'd be the next ones.
And just their bad luck, he still needed to vent out his anger.
As he got closer he was faced with 3 Black Dog mercenaries in the familiar black steel armor and an Orc with a Black Dog tattoo on his belly. The one who led the group decided to step forward and spoke out.
"Well-well-well, what do we have here? A vagabond walking freely through the woods at this time. Surely you're aware that there's a fine for walking freely outside the towns this late." The leader said, crossing his arms while smugly smirking at the Doom Slayer. The other two mercenaries and the Orc chuckled.
The Hellwalker wasn't intimidated by his bravado which irked the leader as he gave the price.
"It would be 500 gold if you want to continue, otherwise..." At this, the mercenaries readied their hands on their swords and the Orc raised his ax.
The Doom Slayer didn't stop walking. He tightly gripped the shotgun and just 'calmly' made his way towards the leader of the group. As he was only inches from the man, the Slayer then took something out of his hyperspace storage and handed it to the Black Dog.
"Smart choice..." The leader said as he looked at the object in his hand that looked like a small black pouch-like object before letting him passed through.
After Doom Slayer had gone further, the Black Dog then pulled out the 'bottle cap' and poured its contents only to find out nothing came out of it.
The mercenary blinked a few times before finally realizing that he had been tricked and turned to where the Doom Slayer went.
"What the!? Hey, bastard! This isn't go-"
KA-BOOM!
Before he could say any further, the bottle or more precisely the frag grenade he thought to be a gold pouch went off. The explosion and fragmentations caused by the grenade instantly vaporized the Black Dog leader and ripped apart the other two soldiers into halves. The Orc was thrown away from the blast and crashed into a tree. However, unlike the Black Dogs, he still survived because he took the least of the explosion, albeit with a few bleeding wounds and a few shrapnel stuck on his body.
Pained and enraged, the Orc tried to fight the pain off and stood up again and then ran towards where Doom Slayer went. Once he finally had his target on sights, the Orc let out a loud war cry and charged at the green armored Marine.
But the Marine was quicker. He turned first then immediately pulled the shotgun's trigger at the Orc's left knee. The explosive shell tore the entire leg in fiery burst and the Orc fell down face first, into the ground. Clutching the bleeding stump on his leg while crying in agony, The Greenskin was shut off when the metal barrel of the shotgun was shoved into his mouth. The Orc could only stare at his executioner in pure terror as he mumbled incoherently with tears streaming down cheeks as the last attempt to beg on his life.
But alas, the only answer the Slayer gave was...
"Shut up."
BOOM!
And so the woods went silent again after the flash and loud bang. The Doom Slayer stored his shotgun back and then left the Black Dog's dead bodies for the animals to feed. The sooner he could finish this job, the sooner he could go back to Mars and settle things for once and for all with the tin can Hayden.
And the innocent citizens here could continue on with their lives and wouldn't suffer this oppression anymore.
Unlike the incident happened on Mars, he could still save them. They weren't tainted by the Argent bio-wave or Lazarus Wave.
And he would.
What he didn't know however was that a few silhouettes were stalking him as the darkness of the woods began surrounding him again.
The Slayer had been walking for hours, seemingly lost because all he could see so far were nothing but trees, trees, and... trees. He knew he had taken a wrong turn somewhere since he had no idea where he was. The only sound that was currently heard around the forest was the crunching of dried leaves and fallen branches as the Slayer walked on them. He was annoyed since he wasn't really used to navigate in dense woods anymore, considering that he had spent eons in hell's wastelands and ruins.
The other problems were that it was incredibly dark and while his eyes were adjusting to the darkness thanks to his enhanced eyesight... well it was still hard to make things out...
It was very dark...
Too dark even...
'Should've taken that torchlight with me...' The Marine thought and let out an annoyed, regretful grunt.
But then, he realized something while walking through the place as he suddenly stopped walking. The woods were unusually silent. No owls chirping, wolves or even wind howling. The only noises he could hear so far were his footsteps and the leaves crunching. This went on for several minutes before the Slayer heard the distant sound of an elk scream...
He took out his Super Shotgun and started walking slower as he looked his surroundings. It was then when he noticed something... no, more than one thing moving between the trees so fast that his eyes couldn't follow but without leaving any sound in their wake. The Slayer had a familiar suspicion of what it could be...
So he decided to stand in one place and wait for them to come out.
With every second passed, these newcomers started to get closer to him from all places before surrounding the Marine and made their presence known. The Slayer could make out two important things from these new hostiles.
One, they were humanoid and yet still larger than average humans and were very gaunt.
Second, they had deer antlers.
When one of the creatures stepped closer, the Slayer finally saw its full appearance, from a small spot where the moonlight was shining.
The creature had gray or greenish decomposed skin with small holes on certain parts. Its legs were built like that of a dog or a horse and it had a pair of overly long arms that ended with massive paw like clawed hands. The creature's head looked like a decomposed skinned deer skull with empty eyes sockets and it had bits of black wet fur all over its body which ended with skinny Doberman like tail. Its crooked yellow razor sharp teeth were coated in blood.
The beast was dragging a familiar looking green arm with bite marks on it. It sank its teeth into the arm before ripping off a chunk and gnawing on it like a rabid dog. After finishing its little night snack, it turned its head towards the Slayer.
The Marine knew what these creatures were for he had once heard about them a long time ago.
The Wendigo, a cannibalistic subspecies of Possessed that was incredibly dangerous!
Apparently, they were incredibly rare and he could believe that since this was his first meeting with these creatures.
A few seconds passed before the Wendigo let out a horrible screech that could be heard through the night.
"FREEEEESSSSHHHHHHHHHHH MEEEEAAAAAAATTTTTT!"
The other Wendigos started howling as well before charging at the Slayer from each side.
(Play: Impending Doom: Murderer)
The Slayer was about to shoot at one of the Wendigos but was pounced at by another of them from the side that he didn't see. The Wendigo was on top of him and was slashing madly at the Slayer which proved to be ineffective as he simply blocked the attack with his arms. When the Wendigo was about to slash him again, the Slayer countered first by punching it off him on its face. He then grabbed the Wendigo by its torso and threw it against the tree.
However, before he could finish it off, another Wendigo jumped on his back and tried to choke him. The Slayer caught its arms and threw it off only to be slashed by another one and thrown through a tree. The Wendigos were quite strong since the tree then fell on top of the Slayer. Using all his strength, the Marine then lifted the tree only for him to get grabbed by the collar from a Wendigo. Now brought face to face with the creature, he could hear faint clicking noises coming from the beast's mouth drooling with saliva.
In a swift motion, however, the Doom Slayer grabbed his Super Shotgun and brought it under the creatures chin. He then pulled the trigger and the Wendigo's head was blown apart as rotten blood and pus sprayed across the Praetor Suit's helmet visor.
Gross.
However, when he shot the Wendigo, the muzzle flash had illuminated the forest temporarily. In that short moment, he just saw how many Wendigos were there.
16 of these creatures were surrounding him using wolf-like hunting tactics, trying to weaken him by using the darkness to their advantage. And when he was going to be weak enough they would go for the killing blow and then feast on him.
Clever...
However, the Slayer realized that they would be at a disadvantage if he could see them properly.
In short: Light makes might.
The Hell Walker then switched his Super Shotgun with the Plasma Gun.
"And I feel Mighty!" He said as he shot at one of the cannibals. The hot Argent plasmoids burned through the creature's body like a moth in flame. The glowing energy projectile and the burning corpse of dead Wendigo illuminated the area around the woods enough for Doom Slayer to see if the monsters were about to attack or use scare tactics.
One of them came a bit too close and the Marine knocked its nose using the bottom of the Plasma Gun before grabbing and then ripped off its antler with his free left hand, causing the Wendigo howl in pain. The Slayer then used the broken antler to impale the Wendigo's stomach. The creature gurgled, vomiting out its blood mixed with saliva before slumping over and dying while the Doom Slayer continued to shoot at its brethren.
After a while, the last pack of the Wendigos retreated back into the woods knowing that they wouldn't stand a chance against the Scourge of Hell. The Slayer wanted to follow them... but they were already gone in the mist. One moment they ran and then they just ceased to exist. It wasn't teleportation since that would need a teleporting rune or Tele-pad which those creatures obviously didn't use. He growled, upset as he kicked one Wendigo corpse hard enough to separate the head off and continued his way back towards Feoh.
Just then the sound of life came back in the woods.
And the Slayer was back on his way.
CODEX ENTRY: WENDIGO 1
UAC REPORT FILE 7HG84J82JJD
In Algonquian folklore, the Wendigo or Windigo is a mythical cannibal monster or evil spirit native to the northern forests of the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of both the United States and Canada. However, within the ruins of Argent D'Nur, there were scriptures of creatures of similar description with the same name. These variations of the Wendigo are the cousins of the possessed ones that are from the realm of purgatory.
Based from what the scriptures said, these creatures did not manifest from Lazarus wave mutation but rather from being directly possessed by a demonic being called 'Hunter's Soul', a subspecies of the Lost Soul. For the Hunter's Soul to manifest, however, the host must have lost its will to live and indulged in cannibalism. Dr. Betruger of the Lazarus Labs has requested to perform this experiment, which Olivia Pierce is still debating over.
It is said that unlike the possessed ones, these creatures live and thrive on hunting prey. One specific power they have is to silence the world around them. That way they can stalk their prey in the shadows like masters of the hunt. They also have an unclenching hunger for flesh. They would look for anything to eat in surrounding areas even if they had previously feasted upon something. They apparently also have the ability to let out ear piercing screech that could stun their prey and the ability to go invisible making them extremely dangerous to encounter.
Again Thanks for Casual to expand upon these works!
Now comes the Original Authors note
*Bursts through the fucking celing
YOU CAME TO THE WRONG FIC, FOOOOOOL!
memes aside yes this is chapter 2.
yes these creatures are new.
yes I am continuing.
anyway THANK you for your comments! I see that a lot of you like this fic , so il continue this giant gore fest!
a also made the chapter slightly longer!
Anyway i have seen some question and i will answer them!
Dark Avenger : Yea well me too. I original gave Wimblegurk's challenge a Dlc pack which included The Beast ( Someone is making that) the Lone Wanderer (not the one from fallout) the Vigilant ,the Celestial (someone is also making that! ) and Doomguy
but not the 2016 Doomguy but the classic one. Sadly none picked it up and i decided to make my own fic with Rip and Tear!
Guest 1 : Well yes he will talk since this is a narrative. he won't talk all the time obviously but he will sometimes shit out a one liner or say something because he needs to communicate. Basically he talks only when he needs to.
Guest 2 : Thanks mate!
Guest (Charles) : well i updated so you're welcome
Guest 3:Thanks!
Writer with no skill : Boi you will see more!
mteran305 : made it longer
StelarToe6133 : Yea it was a steam review i once found that brought me to tears so you can thank Chaos Epoch
dfelfkselkr : thanks man
Guest 4 : you better be boi.
Fuck yeah (Guest) (Btw i love that name ) : ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) maybe...
Zero : You ask and you shall recieve
Persus12 : ur a Real human bean.
CasualFictionwriter :...maybe ...
Hkblarg Et caetera : Would you like some extra gore on the side ?
Ben56 : OH I HAVE THE PERFECT DEATH IN MIND!
CaptainFusou : Sorry , since im from a germanic country i have gotten used to writing every noun in capital...and also other words in capital...i have issues.
Lone Courier : oh i will.
Cosmic Toaster (Guest) : I am awear of the fact that this is Chinese adult cartoons i am making a fic of , but as soon as i saw that bootleg guts looking mother fucker volt , i knew i wanted to see him dead...and now i am writing it.
Tony538 : Defuq is a Godeli ?!
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Well thats all folks!
In the next episode of the walkig de-i mean INFERNAL DAWN , the siege of Feoh begins.